December 2017

Fri Dec 29

The Delicate Art of Asterculture by Sarah Gailey

Die Hard is a Modern Fairy Tale by Max Gladstone

Fantasy Creatures Won’t Stop Inviting Me Over for Tea by Leah Schnelbach

“We’re not your classic heroes” — Mystery Men and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Beyond Good and Evil: The Complex Moral System of Tolkien’s Middle-earth by Elise Ringo

Thu Dec 28

Who Would Win in the Ultimate Dragon/Balrog Showdown? by Austin Gilkeson

Philosophical Science Fiction: The Will to Battle by Ada Palmer by Liz Bourke

5 Things Albus Dumbledore Should Have Told Harry Potter by Emily Asher-Perrin

How Does a Centaur Eat, Anyway? by Judith Tarr

My Favorite Medieval Film Is A Knight’s Tale by Michael Livingston

Wed Dec 27

The Rare and Wonderful Standalone Sequel: Joan Vinge’s World’s End by James Davis Nicoll

In Defense of Tolkien’s Deus Ex Machina by Jeff LaSala

Do Not Ever Ask For a Cup of Jawa Juice at the Spaceport Cantina by Emily Asher-Perrin

Tue Dec 26

Why I Stopped Reading The Queen’s Thief Series (And Why I’m Diving Back In) by Natalie Zutter

The Books We’re Looking Forward to in 2018 by Stubby the Rocket

Sleeps With Monsters: Therapeutic Compassion by Liz Bourke

After Oathbringer: Speculations, Theories, and Expectations for Brandon Sanderson’s Next Stormlight Archive Book by Paige Vest and Alice Arneson

Mon Dec 25

Laugh Hard, Run Fast… Be Kind. Doctor Who: “Twice Upon A Time” by Emily Asher-Perrin

A Charlie Brown Christmas and the Search for Holiday Truths by Leah Schnelbach

Not Some New Man: The Hidden Pattern Behind the Doctor’s Regenerations by Emily Asher-Perrin

Sun Dec 24

“I, Cthulhu, or, What’s A Tentacle-Faced Thing Like Me Doing In A Sunken City Like This (Latitude 47° 9′ S, Longitude 126° 43′ W)?” by Neil Gaiman

Fri Dec 22

Our Favorite Non-Holiday Films to Watch Over the Holidays by Stubby the Rocket

The Thrill of Hearing “Once Upon a Time” by Angela Slatter

Talking to Geeks at Parties (About Your Favorite Shows/Books/Movies) by Emily Asher-Perrin

What Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle Could Learn from a ’90s Fantasy Novel by Natalie Zutter

The Quiet Heroics of Gardening by Ursula Vernon

The Medieval Origins of Christmas Traditions by Michael Livingston

Thu Dec 21

The Real Magic of Santa Claus by Emily Asher-Perrin

Overflowing with Magical Shoes: The Elves and the Shoemaker by Mari Ness

Oooh, A Sparkly: The Secret of NIMH by Leigh Butler

Star Wars’ Vice-Admiral Holdo and Our Expectations for Female Military Power by Arkady Martine

80 Years of Animated Fairy Tales: Rewatching Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Mari Ness

Why Canto Bight is Vital to The Last Jedi by Molly Templeton

Have Yourself a Populist Christmas with It’s a Wonderful Life and The Bishop’s Wife by Leah Schnelbach

Wed Dec 20

12 Movies that Embrace a Darker Holiday Spirit by Leah Schnelbach

We Warned You Not to Trust the Mushrooms: Marc Laidlaw’s “Leng” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

Learning to Write Fluffy, Glittery Violence from My Little Pony by Seanan McGuire

Explore The Stormlight Archive in VR and 7 Other Updates from State of the Sanderson 2017 by Stubby the Rocket

Christmas Trees, Toys, and An Epic Battle Between Good and Evil: The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by Leah Schnelbach

The SFF Toys That Stole Our Hearts by Emily Asher-Perrin

Anime Year in Review: The Ten Best Shows of 2017 by Kelly Quinn Chiu

Thanks to The Last Jedi, We Finally Know What “The Force Awakens” Means by Emily Asher-Perrin

Tue Dec 19

Santa’s Adventures in Science Fiction by Victor Grech

Brandon Sanderson’s New Novel Skyward Will Arrive in November 2018 by Stubby the Rocket

There’s Nothing ‘Only’ About Being a Journalist: An Appreciation of Sarah Jane Smith by Tansy Rayner Roberts

Star Wars: The Last Jedi Confronts the Temptation to Run Away by Natalie Zutter

Sleeps With Monsters: Alex Wells Answers Six Questions by Liz Bourke

Where Do You Belong if You Don’t Fit Anywhere? Cultural Deterioration and The Wheel of Time by Preeti Chhibber

Mon Dec 18

Storytelling and the Art of Quilting by Cassandra Rose Clarke

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Memory, Chapters 27-28 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

A Little Alien Magic: Andre Norton’s Forerunner by Judith Tarr

Die Hard is Great, but Shane Black is the King of the Christmas Explosion by Emily Asher-Perrin

Deadly Grace: Revealing Black Wings Beating by Tor.com

Sun Dec 17

12 Moments in Star Wars: The Last Jedi that Positively Wrecked Me by Emily Asher-Perrin

Fri Dec 15

5 of the Coolest Cats in Space by Corey J. White

Drunken Birds and Angry Goats Celebrate A Good Old-Fashioned Victorian Christmas! by Stubby the Rocket

“Smokin’!” — The Mask and Son of the Mask by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Star Wars: The Last Jedi is Here to Wring All the Emotions It Possibly Can Out of You by Emily Asher-Perrin

Over the Garden Wall: A Sweet, Strange Journey into The Unknown by Martin Cahill

Thu Dec 14

Eight Kloo Horn Players Sadly Absent from Star Wars: The Last Jedi by Emily Asher-Perrin

Ursula K. Le Guin’s Essential Internet Writing, Now Between Two Covers by Matthew Keeley

Star Wars, Full Circle: A New Fan’s Take On The Force Awakens by Ava Jarvis

Quality Over Quantity: The Best of Stanley G. Weinbaum by Alan Brown

Star Wars and the Long Arc of the Rebellion by Emily Asher-Perrin

See Tamora Pierce on Tour for Tempests and Slaughter! by Tor.com

Wed Dec 13

Let Me Tell You About My Dream: H.P. Lovecraft’s “The Very Old Folk” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Blood and Sand by C. V. Wyk

Watching Return of the Jedi for the First Time, After the Prequels by Ava Jarvis

Power is Money in Sanderson’s Cosmere by Lancelot Schaubert

Watch the Creepy New Trailer for Annihilation by Stubby the Rocket

Everything’s Coming Up Fëanor by Jeff LaSala

Download a Free Ebook of Truthwitch by Susan Dennard – 12/13 Only! by Tor.com

Where Should You Start Reading The Chronicles of Narnia? by Mari Ness

“Fun” Doesn’t Exist in a Vacuum — Why Context Always Matters by Brandon O'Brien

Tue Dec 12

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery RPG Lets You Fulfill Your Dreams of Being a Hogwarts Student by Stubby the Rocket

Lumberjanes’ Noelle Stevenson is Rebooting She-Ra for Netflix by Stubby the Rocket

Holy Rewatch Batman! Extra: Batman vs. Two-Face by Keith R.A. DeCandido

The Top Spec-Fic Comics of 2017 by Alex Brown

A Star Wars Newbie Watches The Empire Strikes Back for the First Time by Ava Jarvis

7 Curiouser and Curiouser Retellings of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Natalie Zutter

Sleeps With Monsters: Warding off Winter Darkness by Liz Bourke

Defining Heroism as Vulnerability: How Star Wars Created a New Kind of Action Movie by Leah Schnelbach

“I Know My Phoebe Still Lives.” Revealing Stygian, the Next Dark-Hunter Novel by Sherrilyn Kenyon by Tor.com

Mon Dec 11

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Memory, Chapter 26 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Ask SFF Equine: Can a Stallion Be a Good Father? by Judith Tarr

When We Try to Sort Writers Into ‘Plotter’ or ‘Pantser’ by Ada Palmer

Fantasy Writers That Make Great Use of Haunted Rivers, an American Literary Tradition by Katie Rask

What It’s Like Watching Star Wars for the First Time by Ava Jarvis

Save the OASIS in the First Trailer for Ready Player One by Stubby the Rocket

Jessica Jones Season 2 Premieres on International Women’s Day by Stubby the Rocket

The Top Young Adult SFF of 2017 by Alex Brown

Great Holiday Movies in Which Everything Goes Wrong by Alasdair Stuart

Fri Dec 8

How to Fight in a Victorian Dress by Marie Brennan

Why You Watch the Original Mad Max Trilogy by Leah Schnelbach

Classic SF Radio Dramas to Stretch the Imagination by James Davis Nicoll

“I am the law!”—Judge Dredd (1995) and Dredd (2012) by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Get Out’s Jordan Peele to Reboot The Twilight Zone for CBS All Access by Stubby the Rocket

Directors Who Could Make Really Interesting Star Trek Films by Alasdair Stuart

Lava Finds a Way in the First Trailer for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom by Stubby the Rocket

The Way the Wheel Turns: Persepolis Rising by James S. A. Corey by Niall Alexander

Thu Dec 7

Meet My Alien Family: Writing Across Cultures in Science Fiction by Becky Chambers

A Sleeping Beauty Trapped in Canada: L.M. Montgomery’s The Blue Castle by Mari Ness

Netflix to Adapt John Scalzi’s Old Man’s War as a Movie by Stubby the Rocket

Once Upon a December: The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden by Alex Brown

Here’s How The X-Men Would Use Social Media by Stubby the Rocket

The “True Nature of the Force” is More Complicated Than You Think by Emily Asher-Perrin

Jean Grey is Literally Falling Apart in the First Look at X-Men: Dark Phoenix by Stubby the Rocket

I Loved These Books As a Teen — Do They Hold Up Now? by Amber Troska

Death, Disguises, Centaurs, and Cat Ladies: Wild Cards V: Down and Dirty by Katie Rask

Wed Dec 6

Against Plushies: J. R. Hamantaschen’s “Cthulhu, Zombies, Ninjas and Robots!” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

Debuting at Forty-Two or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Writing Process by Kari Maaren

Children of Women: Megan Hunter’s The End We Start From by Leah Schnelbach

Watchmen: A Tale of Care and Understanding by Joe George

Old and Cold: “The Space Traders” by Derrick Bell by Nisi Shawl

Netflix Reveals New Black Mirror Season 4 Trailer and Premiere Date! by Natalie Zutter

Glitter and Grime: Would You Want to Go to Star Wars’ Canto Bight? by Molly Templeton

Reconsidering the Tragic Tale of Voldemort’s Parents by Mairead McNulty

Tue Dec 5

All the New Science Fiction Books Coming Out in December by Tor.com

Five Books About Writing that Made Me a Better Writer by Ken Scholes

From the Zombie Post-Apocalypse to Candyland: Where to Start with Seanan McGuire’s Books by Natalie Zutter

Brandon Sanderson Previews His Young Adult “Mystery Project” Skyward by Stubby the Rocket

Women are the Champions of the Rebellion Now by Leah Schnelbach

Sleeps With Monsters: Djinn and Politics in an Interesting Debut by Liz Bourke

Black Excellence: Honoring Kwanzaa through Science Fiction and Fantasy by Alex Brown

Fire, Phantoms, and What Didn’t Make it into The Only Harmless Great Thing by Brooke Bolander

Mon Dec 4

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Memory, Chapter 25 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

The Shape of Water Frames Communication as a Revolutionary Act by Emily Asher-Perrin

Time After Time After Time: Andre Norton’s Forerunner Foray by Judith Tarr

All the New Fantasy Books Coming Out in December by Tor.com

Watch the First Teaser for Netflix’s Adaptation of Richard K. Morgan’s Cyberpunk Noir Altered Carbon by Stubby the Rocket

Fear of the Female Voice by Sarah Gailey

The Best Way to Approach The Book of the New Sun by Matthew Keeley

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 5 Premiere: Agents in Spaaaaaace! by Alan Brown

The Force Awakens Characters Are Named After Their Hogwarts Houses by Emily Asher-Perrin

Announcing a New Novella from Nebula Award-winner Rachel Swirsky by Ruoxi Chen

Fri Dec 1

Shared History: Revisiting Long Book Series by Jo Walton

Aurora Australis: Superheroes, Merfolk, and Corporate Insects by Alexandra Pierce

Space Opera, Fairy Tales, and Epic Fantasy Await in Barnes & Noble Booksellers Picks for December by Tor.com

Feast Your Eyes on the Stunning Character Posters for the Nnedi Okorafor Adaptation Hello, Rain by Stubby the Rocket

“I’m not bedtime story lady, so pay attention!” — Barb Wire and Tank Girl by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Playing a Complicated Mage: Amanda Walsh Discusses Her Role in Dirk Gently by Leah Schnelbach

Tom Baker and Douglas Adams Ride Again in “Shada,” The Lost Doctor Who Serial by Alasdair Stuart

How 1998’s Lost in Space Prepared Me for Hollywood’s Reboot Obsession by Emily Asher-Perrin